Apparatus for treating silk and other textile goods in hanks by means of liquids.



. I w. SCHMID. APPARATUS FOR TREATING SILKAND OTHER TEXTILE GOODS IN HANKS BY MEANS OF LIQUIDS. Q A APPLICATION FILED OCT- IZ. [917- 1,277,136. Patelited Aug. 27, 1918.

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ALBERT wILLIAivrscHMIn, or, BASEL, SWITZERLAND.

APPARATUS FOR.TREATI1\TG SILK.AND OTHERTEEXTILE GOODS BY S OF LIQUIDS.

1 Specification of Lettersiatent. Patented Aug. 27,- 1 918- Application filed 0ctober 12,'1 9 1 7'.' S'eriaLNo. 1 96,1 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it I-kDOWH that I; ALBERT lVILLrAM' S HMID, a citizen of the Swiss Republic, and resident of Basel, Switzerland have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Treating- Silk and other Textile Goods in Hanks'by- Means of Liquids, of which the followi and exact specification.

In the dyeing of silk and othertextiles in hanks it is already known to suspend these hanks on reels with a horizontal, eccentric axis of revolution so that upon the turning of these reels the hanks will: receive motions favorable to the dyeing or other treatment of the goods, namely a to-and -fro motion and a moving about in the d-ye bath or a similar treating loath. Moreover in: ap-

paratus for the-treating of silk hanks with soap foam, reels with central: drivings hafts are known which reels are soarrangediraisably that they facilitatewhen' raised the insertion or removal of the hank-s.-

The present invention relates to 'an apparatus for the treatment of textile goods in the form ofhanksiwithiliquids inwhich,

on the one hand the to-and-fro movement andinoving about of the goods in*the treatingliquid is effected inithe well-knownmanner by therrotation of; reelsserving as thank supports provided with eccentri'oshaftsof rotation, while on the other hand the eccentric shaft. of rotation of each such reel, instead of being; heldfast in.the:horizont'al positionv as hitherto, is so. supported rp'ivotally/that the reel can. be brought: to-such a raisedposition, that-by this: means the hanks suspended from it caneberaised entirely out ofitheliquid'bath. I x In each reel, the pivotal pointiofathesbearing which holds one end: of the. eccentric reel shaft is arranged? at such av distance from the v reel that iIli theraised position thereof the hanks-are-v-com'pletely out of'the bath. i

Moreover, the. raising of theseparate reels when charged with than-ks can befacilitated by: the arrangement, that the afOresaidbearing, of the-eccentric reel shafthas .-an extension beyond the aforesaidfpivotal point and is provided there with a counter-balance weight.

Furthermore, the aforesaidwbearing may be provided with a hook which upon the raising of 'thevreel cansbe engagedzwithi a" g s a full, clear,

second hook pivoted to% the inachinefraine; The afo-resaidbeari ng can moreover hep-r0 vided with a pushing fingerwhich is so arranged in relation to a relcasing lever for the hook pivoted to the-machine frame, that, when the reel is raised somewhat aboveth-e elevated position in which:- the' two hooks. engage one anothenthe said finger displaces the releasingiever, and thereby releases the hook pivotedi to thermachine frame from the other hook to allbw of subsequent lowering of the reel.

In the accompanying drawing is illustrated a constructional BXEHHplG' of the invention in sectional elevationa In this drawing A indicates a fixed dye vat,-abovewhichis placed the reel B with its rotating shaftC arranged eccentric to it, so that the han is suspended" from the reel B dipinto the liquid in thewat', I and on the rotation of; the. reel' B around the'longi tudinal axis of its eccentric shaft'perform the usual to-and-fro motion and. moving about in thedyebath. The shaft C ofthe reel B bears a wor1n.wheel a which when the shaft C is in the horizontal position engages with the'wornib,-and theone pivot of this shaft G restsin a bearing: E removably supported in-'the machine frame D, while the other pivot is supported-inn bearing;;F pivoted-iat c to the-machine frameiD,

andprovided on the 'onehand with a pro-' longationc carrying: a counters-balance weight d and: on the other hand. a hook f with a'pushing finger 9 To the machine frame 1) there is further I pivoted a second-hookih inthe form 0f a leofithe hook h/ The machine can obviously be fitted with a larger or smaller. number of suchlreels, the driving worms'of which are placed upon acominon shaft and which correspondvto one or more dyevats.

During the dyeing the reels are in the horizontal position; shown in, the drawing and these reels are actuated in the well known 'manner by their eccentric shafts T C,

and F therefor around the pivot of the bearing F. By this means all the hanks suspended from the reel are raised completely out of the dye bath, provided that the distance between the pivot c and the rear end of the reel is large enough; in other cases the lower part of the hanks can conveniently be turned back to brmg the hanks completely out of the bath. As soon as the reel when being. raised reaches its highest position, the hook f engages with the hook it so that the frame is held in this elevated position and the desired manipulations of the bath can be undertaken. When it is desired to let down the reel again, it is first lifted somewhat above the normal high position,

so that the fingeng strikes against the lower arm of the releasing lever z and thereby releases the hook h from the hook f. The reel is then allowed to descend quickly so as to immediately bring the hook f out of reach of the hook it. a

What I claim is:

1. In an apparatus for thetreating of silk and other textiles in the form of hanks with liquids, the combination with a treatment vessel of a normally horizontal hank support, an eccentric rotary shaft carrying said hank support, a bearing for said shaft pivotally mounted at such a distance. from the hank support that when the latter is raised, the hanks suspended from it are'automatically lifted quite above the liquid in the vessel, and a worm gear placed between the pivotal point of said bearing and the hank support for. mparting a rotary mo- 7 tion to the said shaft andarranged so as to allowthe pivotal raising of the hank supa port, substantially as described. 40

i 2. In an apparatus for the treating of silk and other textiles'in the form of hanks port, the said bearing being prolonged beyond its pivotal pointand being provided with a counter-balance weight in order to facilitate the raising of the hank support, substantially as described. i

' 3. In an apparatus for the treating of silk and other textiles in the form of hanks with liquids, the combination with a treatment vessel of a normally horizontal hank support, an eccentric rotary shaft carrying said hank support, a bearingfor said shaft pivotally mounted at such a distance from ported on the machine frame in such a position that on the lifting of the hank support the first hook can engage with the second hook for the purpose of holding the hank support in its raised position, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus for the treating of silk and other teXtiles in the form of banks with liquids, the combination with a treatment vessel of a normally horizontal hank support, an eccentric rotary shaft carrying said hank support, a bearing for said shaft pivotally mounted at such a distance from the hank support that when the latter is raised, the hanks suspended from it are automatically lifted quite above the liquid in the' vessel, and a worm gear placed between thepivotal point of said bearing and the hank support for imparting a rotary motion to the hank support, the said hearing being provided with a counter-balance weight in order to facilitate the raising of the hank support and with a hook, a second hook being supported on the machine frame in such a position that on the lifting of the hank support the first hook can engage with thesecond hook for the purpose of holding the hanksupport in its raised position, the said second hook being combined with a releasing lever and the said bearing being also provided with apush finger so arranged with regard to the said releasing lever that,

when the hank support is raised a little above the position in which the two hooks mutually engage, the push finger displaces the releasing lever and releases thereby the hook supported on the machine frame from the other hook, to allow of lowering of the hank support, substantially as described.

In'witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 1st day of September, 1917, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I ALBERT WILLIAM SCHMID. Witnesses:

WAL'rER E. BUNDY, AMAND BRAUN.

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